蔽 (bì): to cover, to hide
蔽 (bì) is a Chinese character meaning “to cover, to hide.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 敝 (phonetic). It ranks #2084 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蔽 grass. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- to cover, to hide
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐蔽verb | yǐn bì | to conceal |
| 蒙蔽verb | méng bì | to deceive |
| 屏蔽verb | píng bì | to screen |
| 遮蔽verb | zhē bì | to cover |
| 掩蔽verb | yǎn bì | shelter |
| 遮天蔽日phrase | zhē tiān bì rì | lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) |
| 衣不蔽体 | yī bù bì tǐ | lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) |
| 一言以蔽之phrase | yī yán yǐ bì zhī | one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) |
| 蔽身处 | bì shēn chù | shelter |
| 子网屏蔽码 | zǐ wǎng píng bì mǎ | subnet mask (computing) |
| 后掩蔽 | hòu yǎn bì | backward masking |
| 核屏蔽 | hé píng bì | nuclear shielding |
| 障蔽verb | zhàng bì | to obstruct |
| 蔽芾adjective | bì fèi | luxuriant |
| 壅蔽verb | yōng bì | (literary) to cover |
蔽 appears in 17 compound words: 12 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蔽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
大树遮蔽了阳光,地上很凉快。
Dà shù zhēbì le yángguāng, dìshang hěn liángkuai.
The big tree blocks the sunlight; it's very cool on the ground.
隐蔽的诱导已经是过去时了,现在广告正在发起全面的入侵,竭泽残存的注意力。
yǐn bì de yòu dǎo yǐ jīng shì guò qù shí le , xiàn zài guǎng gào zhèng zài fā qǐ quán miàn de rù qīn , jié zé cán cún de zhù yì lì .
Subtle persuasion is a thing of the past; now, advertising is launching an all-out assault, draining every last bit of attention.
由于不同网站采用的广告投放技术各不相同,因此广告拦截器无法保证屏蔽所有广告。
yóu yú bù tóng wǎng zhàn cǎi yòng de guǎng gào tóu fàng jì shù gè bù xiāng tóng , yīn cǐ guǎng gào lán jié qì wú fǎ bǎo zhèng bǐng bì suǒ yǒu guǎng gào .
Because different websites use different ad-serving technologies, ad blockers cannot guarantee that they will block all ads.
台风“白海豚”过境,除了大风大雨,另一场更隐蔽的“袭击”正在悄然发生。
tái fēng bái hǎi tún guò jìng , chú le dà fēng dà yǔ , lìng yī chǎng gēng yǐn bì de xí jī zhèng zài qiǎo rán fā shēng .
As Typhoon "White Dolphin" passes through, aside from strong winds and heavy rain, another, more subtle "attack" is quietly unfolding.
...arframe 第186周卡尔驻军任务隐蔽破坏流程一览
. . . a r f r a m e dì 1 8 6 zhōu kǎ ěr zhù jūn rèn wù yǐn bì pò huài liú chéng yī lǎn
...arframe: Week 186 – A Guide to Covert Sabotage in the Karl Garrison Mission
...人机炸俄最大石油出口港! 4油槽起火浓烟蔽天 防空系统、雷达也挨轰
. . . rén jī zhà é zuì dà shí yóu chū kǒu gǎng ! 4 yóu cáo qǐ huǒ nóng yān bì tiān fáng kōng xì tǒng , léi dá yě āi hōng
...Drones strike Russia's largest oil export terminal! Four oil tanks are on fire, with thick smoke blanketing the sky; air defense systems and radar installations have also been hit
不要被外貌蒙蔽了。
Bù yào bèi wàimào méngbì le.
Don't be fooled by appearances.
在云的遮蔽下无法见到月亮。
Zài yún de zhēbì xià wúfǎ jiàndào yuèliang.
The moon is invisible behind the clouds.
她被爱情蒙蔽了双眼。
Tā bèi àiqíng méngbì le shuāngyǎn.
She is blinded by love.
但愿我能找到在我的博客上屏蔽评论的办法。
Dànyuàn wǒ néng zhǎodào zài wǒ de bókè shàng píngbì pínglùn de bànfǎ.
I wish I could figure out how to disable comments on my blog.
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